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BY S.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1852.
VOL. VI—'AO.
THE CENTHAL GEORGIAN
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GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Dr, liu-chisi’s
UTERIUTS dATKSfclCOIff.
The undersign
ed, having been
d u 1 y appointed.
Agent for the sale
of this truly in
valuable MEDI
CINE, would re
spectfully invite
the attention of
Ladies and Prac
titioners of Louis
ville and vicinity,
to the gratifying
success that has
attended its use
wherever intro-
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
XiAWSOST & GOBPREJ?)
Commission Merchants,
93 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEO.
[P. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.]
LOUS ft CO.
Factors and Commission Merchants,
Wo. 118, BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. C. Loud.] [P. H. Loud.
nov. 4, 1851.
42—ly
BRHN &FOSTS3..
Factors and Commission Merchants
Savannah, G a.
P.H. BEHN,] f JOHN FOSTER.
fob. 10,1852. 3--ly
JOHN MALLBRY.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
i pTi'f-furnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, Ga.
teb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
PHiLJ
Draper
ittjjci and Tailor,
And dealer in Ready-made Clothing, shirts
stocks, suspenders, handk'ffs, gloves, Marino
and silk under shirts, drawers, &e. No 93,
Bryan street, Savannah, Ga.,
feb. 10, 1852.
3—ly
J. T. JOKES.
Manufacturer and importer of
Guns,Pistols,Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &e.
No - 8. Monument Square, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly*
duced, and its happy adaptation to the cure of
all the distressing diseases for which it is of
fered : being those incidental to the respecta
ble female, whether married or single, and
usually known by the name of Female Com
plaints. Of these are Prolapsus Uteri, or
Falling of the Womb; Fluor Athus, or Whites;
Chronic Inflamation ami Ulceration of the
Womb ; Incidental Hcemorrhage, or Flooding;
Painful, suppressed and Irregular Menstrua
tion, dj-e., with all their accompanying evils,
(Cancer excepted,) no matter how severe or of
how long standing.
That ibis Catiiolicon is in every way wor
thy of the.confidence of the afflicted as a suc
cessful, safe, and cheap remedy, is vouched for
by the fact of its having received the approbat
tion and liberal patronage of many prominen-
members of the
MEDICAL FACULTY
in the United States; and also by the volunta
ry testimonials given in the pamphlets, from
Ladies and Physicians of the highest respect
ability, as certified by the most satisfactory
au thority.
This preparation is not a “cure all,” but is
intended expressly for the above-named com
plaints, so very distressing in their nature and
consequences, and which have heretofore re
sisted the skill and exertions of the most ac
complished Physicians of all countries, toa
degree beyond that of perhaps any other ma
lady to which the human family is heir.
The ingredients,as eertificed by high med
ical authority, (see pamphlet,) are all vege
table, and are not associated with any article
unfriendly to the animal economy.
References:
P. B. Peekman, M. D., Utica, New York.
L. D. Fleming, M. D., Canandaigua, N. Y.
D. Y Foote, M. D., Syracues, N. Y.
M. H. Mills, M. D., Rochester, N. Y.
Prof. Dunbar, M. D., Baltimore, Md.
J. C. Orrick, M. D., “
VV. VV. Reese, M. D., City of New York.
W. Prescott, M. D., Concord, N. H.
Pamphlets can be had gratis at my store.
W. A. HAYLES, Druggist,
Louisville, Ga.
For sale by most of the respectable Drug
gists in the State.
Central Depot, 304 Broadway, New Y’ork.
nov. 2, 1852. 41—6m
GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS
JDiMYlYl*’
GEORGIA
S A R SA P A R I L L A-
~ I. DASHER’S
Cheap Dry Goods Store,
No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
(Late H. Lathrop’s)
A well selected stock of seasonable staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on
hand, and will be sold cheap for cash.
Please call and examine,
feb. 10, 1852. 3 ~
S E. BOTHWELL & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Store,
No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
DEALERS IN
LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES. <$C
S. E. BOTHWELL.] [R- 1- GAMBLE
feb. 10, 1852.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
THE subscriber, thank
ful for past patronage,
would respectfully inform
his friends, patrons and the public generally,
that he continues to put up all kinds of ve
hicles—of his own manufacture—from a Jer
sey wagon to a pleasure Carriage. He feels
esnfident that his prices will be found low
enough to induce those who desire to purchase
anything in his line to give him a call. He chal
lenges any other establishment in the State,
i in point of cheapness and durability ; and he
• will warrant his work to stand equal to, if not
| better, than the best northern work. He in-
! vites all—both great and small—to call and ex
amine hir present stock of BUGGIES; Fancy.
WAGONS for families, a neat, convenient
and cheap one-horse vehicle ; one and two-
horse Wagons, &c. Also second hand Bug
gies, which will he sold extremely low. He
will sell new Buggies cheaper than the same
article can be bought in Savannah or Macon
and laid down here. Any who may doubt this
assertion are invited to test its truth by a trial
of the markets. He is determined to sell a
cheapt as any one else in the State.
He also keeps constantly on hand a variety
of Harness, which he offers at a small advance
above cost. LEWIS BENSON,
mar. 16, 1852. 8—ly3y
3—ly
SCRANXOK, jckkson &co.
G Iv (I C ER b.
Savannah, Ga.
D. T. SCRANTON,
JOSEPH JOHNSTON.
feb. 10, 1852
HtfMFHD.E'SrS
| Savannah.
W. B. SCRANTON,
No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor
3—-ly
A
JOHNSON
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton an -
Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga. .
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c.
Soda water of a superior quality.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—1ly
HENRY ROTSCHHIX.D,
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing,
DRY GOODS, c.
No. 178, Congress street, next door to H. J.
Gilbert/ Savannah, Ga.
Gentlemen’s garments made to order,
feb. 10,1852. 3 ~ ] y
.importer
A. PONCE,
and Manufacturer o
SEGARS,
N O. If, Whitaker street, keeps constant ly
on hand a well selected stock of imported
jSegars; also, Manufactured Tobacco, Snuff
Pipes, and all other articles usually kept m ms
ine of business, which he offers on the mos
leasonable terms. , <
i Savannah, feb. 10,1852. 6 ly (
GEO. A. REINHART.
Boot Maker, Sandersvilll Ga.
RESPECTFULLY iuformsthe
citizens of this and the adjoin
ing counties, that he is prepar
ed, to undertake and execute,in
a neat and workman-like manner, all jobs in his
line of business. He has in his employ sev
eral neat arid skilful workmen, and is prepar
ed to do as fine work as any person in the
State. Gentlemen wishing a fine article of
BOOTS or SHOES can be furnished by giv
ing a few days notice, and he assures the pub
lic that all work from his shop shall be made
of the best material, a lajge assortment of
which he has just received. Thankful for the
liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
him he respectfully solicits a continuationof
the same. His terms are reasonable.
sandersville, April 30,1851. 16*—6m.
Jaundice, Sick Head-ache, Dizxinees, Loss of
Appetite, Constipation of the Bowels, Piles,
caused by Costiveness, Pain in the Bowels, or
Rheumatism, caused by the use of Mercury,
Syphilis, Scrofula, Boils, Ulcers, cpc., c$-c.
npiilS preparation is made as pure as possible.
Its bitter taste, and beneficial effects in dis
eases of the Liver, and diseases arising from
an impure state of the Blood, prove it to be
llie purest and most useiul preparation of Sar
saparilla that is made.
Those who have used the various preparations
of Sarsaparilla will find, by the taste and effect,
that there is more Sarsaparilla in one bottle of
Dr. D’s. preparation, than in half a dozen bot
tles as it is general!} made.
That it might be more particularly adapted
to professional use, nothing but the pure Sar
saparilla has been used, that for different dis
eases, physicians might combine or prescribe
with it, such articles as they might consider
most appropriate in cases under their treatment
Its alterative and mildly purgative effect up
on the bowels, make it not only a good substi
tute for.Mercury, but useful in removing al-
diseases arising from the imprudent use of
Mercury.
Prepared only by J. DENNIS, M. D., Au
gusta, Georgia.
Sold in Sandersville by N. W. Haines &
Bro., in Midville, by James Griffin, in Waynes
boro’, by L. Schwartz, and in Irwinton, by Dr.
Wm. Fisher, J. H. Carter, and Hendrickson &
.Moore, Savannah.
Remember to ask for DENNIS’ GEORGIA
SARSAPARILLA.
Augusta, july 1, 1852. 24—ly
FURNITURE,
T HE Subscriber is now receiving, by every
arrival from New Y'ork, a rieli and splendid
assortment of CAB INE TFUIINI 'PURE, of
the latest and most approved patterns, not sur
passed in the southern country. He has pur
chased his stock to such advantage,that he can
sell at very low prices.
Among his large assortment may be found—
Large serpentine sofas, do. divans, do. otto
mans, plain and spring-seat sofas, do. do. di
vans, ottomans and couches, mahogany rock
ing chairs, with red and green plush seating,
mohair, do. mahogany setting full three-fourth
and five-eights French chairs; curled maple,
black walnut, and rosewood chairs, cane and
wood seat settees, side-hoards with mahogany
and marble tops, do. mahogany tops, side-case
bureaus, writing table and book eases, cottage
bureaus, ward-robes, ladies’ work tables, cen
tre and pier tables, with imuble tops marble
top wash stands painted do. dressing tables,
tea tables Grecian clawfoot dining tables, ex
tension tables, card-tables, with harpeandOge
pillars, mahogany bedsteads, do. French pat
ents, curled maple bedsteads, plain, do. do.
ALSO,
Curled maple, black walnut and rosewood
chairs with cane bottoms, Windsor chairs, ehil
dren’s high do., counting room desks, revolv
sng chairfor counting rooms, counter stoolsi
foot stools, hat-stands, bellows and brush, bird
cages knife trays, safes, mahogany and cherry
cribs hair mattrasses, moss do., Feather beds,
bolsters, and pillows, green, red, black, blue
and white cord, with tassels to match, hair
cloth, for sofas and mahogany chairs, willow
wagons, do., cradles.
ALSO,
A great variety of mantle and pier glasses
toilet and dressing glasses of all of the differ
ent kinds now used.
Persons, either in the city or country, wish
ing to purchase any of the above articles, will
find it an object to call before making their
purchases elsewhere. Every article may be
depended on as being what it is represented.-.
Liberal deductions will always be made to tho
wiio make large purchases.
Removed to Bluett’s new Buildings.
Broughton street. 1 W MOURELL.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
POETRY.
[FOR THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
The Chaise of Nature.
BY J. B. HAYNE.
They're falling—they're falling,
The leaves upon the ground;
To fast decay; they pass ‘away,
Beneath the Winter’s sound.
They're falling—they're falling,
What once was fresh and green;
The myrtle bow’r—the fragrant tiovv'r,
With all their Summer sheen.
They're falling—they're falling,
And thus shall pass away ;
The days of man our earthly span;
And clay will mix with clay.
They're falling—they're falling,
The earthly thing must die
The Serf and Crown, the Priest & Clown
All side by side will lie.
They're falling—.they're falling,
The road we all must tread,
The blind and maim; the proud and vain,
Will all soon soon be dead.
They’re falling—they’re falling,
Each by its kindred laws;
When mortal dies, immortal rise,
As gold from dross withdrawn.
They're falling,—they're falling,
Beneath the march of time ;
-With steady tread, and vengeance dread;
The woe of Eden’s crime.
They're falling,—they're falling,
And so w ill earth and sea;
The mmd alone, will keep its throne;
Through long Eternity !—
MISCELLANEO US.
The Passionate Father.
BY FANNY FERN.
PIANO FORTS.
j^J"ADE by Chiehering, Nunn’s, and Fisch
Olieese
J UST received a fine lo£ of^Cheestq snd for
sept, 23.
BRANTLEY.
36
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jjfl
FULTON A WALKER*
Factors and Commission Merchants,
Savannah, Ga.
RESPECTFULLY - tender their
services to their friends and the pub
lic generally, hoping by strict and prompt at
tention to all business that may be committed
to their charge, to receive a liberal share of
patronage. They pledge themsel Yes not to en
gage in speculations upon cotton or other
country, produce, under any circumstances
whatever—but to do all in their power to pro
mote the interest of their patrons. Orders for
Bagging, Rope and other supplies, will be
promptly filled at the lowest market prices.—
N. G. Warthen. Esq., will act. as agent for
them at Warthen’s Store, Washington county
aug.3, 1852. 28—tf
Wanted,
Quantity of Geese Feathers, for which
highest cash prices will be paid. Apply
at -this office.
nov. 16, 1852. 43 tf
mm
and Gale &. Co.—The subscriber offer
for sale a large assortment of 7, 6 three-fourth
and 6 one-half and 6 octave Rosewood and
Mahogany Pianos, from the above makers.
These Instruments are unsurpassed by any
made in this country for purity and fullness of
tone, and elegance of workmanship; some of
them are furnished with the comple Iron Frame,
which strengthens the case and prevents the
liability of getting out of tone; others have the
ordinary metalic plate, and can be offered for
lower prices. These Pianos are offered with
out any advance from the manufacturer’spricesj
and those who are desirous of obtaining a su
perior instrument at a moderate expense w T ould
do well to call and examine before purchasing
elsewhere. I. W. MORRELL.
S.ivauuih, feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
JOHN G. FABLIGART.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
PAINTS, OILS, TURPENTINE<b
VARNISHES, FRENCH AND AMERICAN
Glass, Paper Hangings and Borders, Fire
Board and Decorative Papers, Sashes, Blinds
and Doors. West Side of Monument Square,
Savannah, Ga. 2SP Orders from the"coun-
try promptly attended to.
feb. 10,1852. 3—ly
Farm for Sale.
I offer for sale my FARM in Wash
ington county, on Williamson
swamp, near Davisboro, the Central
Rail Road running through it, con
fining eight hundred and fifty acres, well improv
ed, with good dwelling house, Gin House, Barn,
and all out buildings necessary for a farm, un
der good fence and in good order for cultiva
tion. I would sell on liberal terms if applied
to soon.
JOHN JORDAN,
oct: 5, 1852 37—2m.3m
Hen Stock,
F the best French Caif-ski's, and sole-
leather, just received, and will be made
up to order in the very best and latest style.
GEO. A,
oct. 26, 1852.
REINHART.
49—tf
“Greater i» be who ruleth his spirit, than he
that taketh a city.”
“Come here, sir!” said a strong, athlete I
man, as he seized a delicate looking lad by
the shoulder.
“You’ve been in the water again sir!
Havn’t 1 forbid it 2”
“Yes, father, but—
“No \buts;’ havn’t I forbid—hey ?”
“\ r es sir, I was—
“No reply, sir!” and the blows fell like a
hail-storm about the child’s head and shoul
ders.
Not a tear started from Harry’s eye, but
his face was deadly pale, and his lips firmly
compressed, as he rose and looked at his fa
ther with an unflinching eye.
“Go to your room, sir, and stay there till
you are sent for ! I’ll master that spirit of
yours, before you are many days older.”
Ten minutes after, Harry’s door opened,
and his mother glided gently in. She was
a fragile woman, with mournful blue eyes,
and temples startingly transparent. Laying
her hand smoothly upon Harry’s head, she
stooped and kissed his forehead. The rock
was touched, and the waters gushed forth,
‘Dear mother,’ said the weeping boy.
‘Why didn’t you tell your father that you
plunged into the water to save the life of
your playmate V
‘Did he give me a chance V said Harry,
springing to his feet with a flashing eye.
‘Didn’t he twice bid me silent, when I tried
to explain 2 Mother, lie’s a tyrant to you
and me.’
‘Harry, he’s my husband and your fa
ther.’
‘Yes and I am sorry for it. What have
I ever had but blows and harsh words ?
Look at your pale cheeks and sunken eyes,
mother.’
‘It’s too bad, I say : lie’s a tyrant, moth
er,’ said the boy, with clenched fist and set
teeth, ‘and if it were not for you, I would
have been leagues off long ago.’
‘And there’s poor Nellie too, poor sick
child ! What good will all her medicine
do her ? She trembles like a leaf when she
hears his footsteps. I say its brutal, rnoth-
er!”
‘Harry, (and a soft hand was laid on the
impetuous boy’s lips,) for my sake.’
‘Well, ‘tis only for your sake—your’s and
Nellie’s—or I should be on the sea some
where anywhere but here.’
Late that night Mary Lee stole to her
boy’s bedside, before retiring to rest.
‘God be thanked he sleeps/ she muTmur-
ed as she shaded her lamp from his face.
Then kneeling at his bedside, she prayed
for wisdom and patience to bear uncomplain
ingly the heavy cross on which her steps
were faltering*; and then she prayed for
him. *
‘No, no!- said Harry, springing from' his
pillow and throwing his arms about her
neck, ‘I can forgive him for what he has
done to me, but I never will for what he
has made you suffer ; don’t pray for him,
at least don’t let me hear it!’
Mary Lee was too wise to expostulate.'
She knew her boy was spirit-sore under the
sense of recent injustice; so,she lay down
beside him, and resting her tearful cheek
against his, repeated in a low; sweet voice
the story of the crucifixion. ‘Father forgive
them they know not what they do!’ fell
upon his troubled ear. He yielded to the
holy spell.
T will f he sobbed. ‘Mother you are an
Ho w to Head Tricfey Animals*
An exchange paper gives the following
the management of tricky aui-
angel, and if I ever get to heaven, it will be
your band that has led me there !’
There was hurrying to and fro in Robert-' hints to
LeeVhonse that night. It was a heavy mals:
hand that dealt those heavy blows on that j In breaking or managing a horse, how-
young head. ! ever intractable or stubborn his temper may
1 lie passionate fathers repentance came be, preserve your own. De patient with him,
too late came with a word that his boy ! teach and coax him, and success, in time, is
must die. j certain. There are tricks, however, which
‘Be kiDd to her/said Harry as his head are the resultof confirmed habit or vicious-
dropped upon his mother’s shoulder.
- It was a dearly bought lesson ! Beside
that lifeless corpse Robert Lee renewed his
marriage vow; and now, when the hot
blood of anger rises to his temples^ and that
hasty word springs to liis lip, the pale face
of the dead rises op between him and the of
fender, and ah-attgel voice whispers-—
‘Peace! be still 1’
Mr. Perkins Perplexed.
“I can’t see how it is ! There’s Tewksbu
ry; he’s been off again, down to Newport
with his wife, two children and servant !
Where under heaven he gets money to
spend in this way, is more than I can tell.
He hadn’t a cent when he begau, five years
ago. Look at him now—dives out of town
keeps a horse, drives in and out every day.
His expenses must be large—yet be seems
to pay as he goes. I hope there is nothing
wrong about Tewksbury. Then look at
the money he spends for advertising! Why
that is enough to ruin any man, I don’t
care how rich he is. I have been in busi
ness for thirty years, and I can’t afford any
of these things. Wouldn’t I look well ta
king my wife down to Newport, and’ stay
ing there eight weeks %—eight weeks, in
deed ! I sent her on a cheap excursion—
but I eould’nt go myself, I can’t afford it;
don’t take in money enough to do it. And
then to see a man spend his money, just to
let people see his name in the papers ; and
seeding cards and bills all about the coun
try. Tewksbury bleeds freely for bis vani
ty I must confess ! They don’t catch me in
that trap, no how. It don’t do no good;
I got a lot of cards and bills printed five
years ago, and there they are-in the desk
now. Nobody ever calls for them. And
then I advertised four weeks in a newspa
per—money thrown away; wasted. Tewks
bury is a fool, and he ipust fail sooner or
later. I’m sorry for him--he was naturally
a clever fellow 7 . It must cost him more to
advertise than all the money I take! I
wish somebody would buy me out—trade
is so dull.
All he said about Tewksbury was true
enough with the slight exception, that
Tewksbury was in danger of failing. The
very thing that Perkins thought would fail
him, was that which kept him up. He be
gan business with nothing but his brains ;
he let the people understand, through the
newspapers of the country, where he was
and what he had got to give them for their
money, and he got a run of trade, which is
constantly increasing. Perkins lost bis bu
siness just as fast as his old customers died
off or went off—he took no steps to get new
ones, and the consequence is that he is just
living upon what he made twenty years
ago. He had better shut up his shop than
try to live in these times without advertis
ing. Reader, are you following in the
tracks of our old friend Perkins 2 If you
are, either shut up your shop or pitch into
this great public : if you don’t do the latter
your creditors will pitch into you and shut
you up.
Holding the Plough.—An Irishman new
ly imported, made application for work
On being asked if he could do that or any
thing else. He w 7 as acordinglingly engag
ed, and his master went with him to the
field to see him commence operations. It
was soon found that the Hibernian w r as new
at the trade.
“Did you not tell me, sir, that you could
hold the plough 2”
“Arrah ! be aisy now* “said Pat; “how
the duce can I howld the plough, and two
horses dragging it away after me ? But
gives me it in the barn, and be jabers I’d
howld it with ever a boy !”
ness, aud these, sometimes, require a differ
ent treatment. A horse accustomed to
starting and running away, may be effect
ually cured by putting him to the top of
his speed on such occasions and running till
pretty thoroughly exhausted.
A horse that had a trick of pulling at his
bridle and breaking it, was at last reduced
to better habits by tying him tightly to a
stake driven on the banks of a deep stream
with his tail pointed to the water, he com
menced pulling at the halter which sudden
ly parted, over the bank he tumbled, and
alter a somerset or two, and floundering
awhile in the water he was satisfied to re
main at his post in future, and break no
more bridles.
A ram has been cured of butting at eve
rything and everybody, by placing an un
resisting effigy in a similar position; the
sudden assuit on a wintry day then result
ed in tumbling his ramshipinto a cold bath,
which his improved manners took good
care to avoid in future.
A sheep-killing dog has been made too
much ashamed ever again to look a sheep
in the face, by tying his hind leg to a stout
ram, on the brow of a hill, while the flock
were quietly feeding at the bottom. The
ram being free and in haste to rejoin his
friends, tumble and thumped Master Tray
so sadly over the stones and gullies; that he
was quite satisfied to confine himself to; cook
ed mutton there-after.
Lazy Boys.
A lazy boy makes a lazy man; just as sure
as a crooked twig makes a crooked tree.
Who ever yet saw ahoy grow up iu idle
ness that did not make a shiftless vagabond
when he became a man, unless he had a
fortune left him to keep up appearances?
The great mass of thieves, paupers and
criminals that fill our penitentiaries and alms
houses, have come up to what they are by
being, brought up in idleness. Those who
constitute the business portion of the com
munity, those who make our great and use
ful men, were trained up in their boyhood
to be industrious.
When a boy is old enough to begin to
play in the street, then he is old enough to
be taught how to work. Of course we should
not deprive children of healthful, playful
exercise, or the time they should spend iu
study, but teach them to work little by little
as a child is taught at school. In this way
he acquires habits of industry that will not
forsake him when he grows up. .
Many persons who are poor let their cliil
dreu grow up to fourteen or sixteen yeai*
of age, until! they can support them no
longer, before they put them to labor. Such
children, having acquired habits of idle
ness, there is repulsiveness in all labor set
befote them, aud to get it done, no matter
how, is their only aim. They are ambi
tious at play, but dull at work. The conse
quence is they do not stiek to one thing but
a very short time; they rove about the
world, get into mischief, and finally find
their way to the prison or the alms-house
One of the Witnesses.—A queer excuse
was made a few days ago by an old lady
The good woman was subpoenaed to appear
as h witness on a rather delicate case. She
did not come, and a bench warrant was is
sued for her appearance, on which she was
brought into court. The presiding judge
thought it. was bis duty to reprimand her.
“Madam, why were you not here before?”
“I could’nt come, sir.”
“Were you not subpoeaned, madam?”
“Yes sir, but ! was sick.”
“What was the matter, madam?”
“I had an awful bile, sir.”
After a pause: “Upon your honor, mad
am?”
“No sir; upon my arm.”
A negro feel into the dock the oth
er day. He was fished out; and after hav
ingbeen smartly rubbed for a couple of
hours, he came to, pettishly exclaiming,
“Dar, dar, daf 11 do! Gor-a-mity, don’t rub
um skin so cussed hard!”
‘Julius, suppose there are six chickens in
the coop, and the man sells three, how
many are there left ?’
‘What time ob de day was it V
‘Why, what the Jeuce has that, got to do
wid it ?’
‘A good deal, honey. If it was after dark
dar would be none left—that is, if you hap
pened toeome along dat way.’
‘Look here, nigger, j ust stop them person
alities. If you don’t I’ll explode your head
wid a pump-handle, I will, sartin as Mo
ses,’
A fellow laboring along the turnpike un
der a heavy load of inebriety, was asked
what made him stagger so, and gave his an
swer :
“Why—hie—I—hie—1 pays road tax and
wants to get the worth of my—hie money
by taking a longer route, that’s the reason
I walks crosswise. Hie—do you see ?”
Two merchants conversing together up
on the hardness of the tiroes, and observing
a flock of pigeons, one said, “how happy
are they, they have no acceptances to pro
vide for.” “Indeed,” replied the other,
“you are mistaken, for they have their bills
to provide for as well as we.”
A drunken fellow carried a bible to pawn
for a pint of gin, but the grocer would not
take it. “What,” said the fellow, will nei
ther my word nor the word of God pass cur
rent with you.”
A learned Doctor of Divinity was accus
ed of rambling in his discourses, by one of
his hearers, to which he. replied, “If you
will ramble to the devil, I must ramble after
you.”
An Irish sailor, as he was riding, made a
pause, when the horse in beating off the
flies, caught his hind foot in the stirrup.-—
The sailor observing it, exclaimed; “how now
Dobbin, if you are going to get on, I will
get off.”
“My dear,’’ said a young gentleman to a
young lady to whom he thought to be mar
ried,, “do you wish to make a fool of me ?”
“No,” replied the lady, “Nature saved me
the trouble.”
Sublime.—The fondest memories of years
that lie entombed in the vast sepulchre of
past ages, come rushing o’er the soul like
molasses gushing and gurgling out of the
bunghole into the pitcher, to put on buck
wheat cakes.
The ship Oneco, with 175 passengers for
the Australia gold diggings, sailed from New
| York on 26th ulto.
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